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| Date: | Thursday 13 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:17 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4955 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Eemnes, Utrecht -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Heinz Vinke of the 11./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen airfield.
Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: OL-R
Takeoff time: 00:31
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Leslie Arthur Rickinson DFC RAF 45901 (NCO:566639 : Commission Gazetted Friday 04 July, 1941) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant David Barclay Bourne RAFVR 967727 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Horace D'Arcy Meadows Ransome RAAF Aus/404486 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Thomas Robert Cairns RAFVR 1051616 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Pilot Officer William Lionel Gibbs RAAF Aus/402922 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Horace Plant RAFVR 1209375 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Stanley Alfred Hathaway RAFVR 1330482 [Killed]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2292&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-May-2018 10:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 20:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 12-Jan-2019 10:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 11-May-2024 06:36 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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